- File 2: Original wav version from the Library of Congress
- File 1: Original wav version from the Library of Congress converted to mp3 with Media Converter SA Edition noise removed and bass boosted, stereo channel added, Amplified, normalized with Audacity by sookietex.
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This file is also in the public domain in countries that figure copyright from the date of death of the artist (post mortem auctoris), (in this case Sabine Baring-Gould 28 January 1834 â 2 January 1924 lyrics, Arthur Seymour Sullivan 13 May 1842 â 22 November 1900 tune) , and that most commonly runs for a period of 50 to 70 years from December 31st of that year.